The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-05-13
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

The traaklayers on the Omaha road
ale nineteen miles west OF Salem, ard
thirteen miles east, OF Mitchell, and
will reach the later place in about ten
days.
Judson La Moure has been elected
mayor OF Pembiua, together with a
hull party ticket.
The secretary OF the interior revers
ed the decision OF the commissioners o.,
the general land Office canceling tn.
claim OF Thomas Nash to land in Sec
tions 8 and 10, township 1873, range
65, Devil Lake land Office.
Seeding is all finished in Richland
county, also in Sargent county. The
acreage i'll Sargent county is increased
about one fourth over last year.
The acreage in Richland county is
about the same as last year, new
land having been broken and old
land seeded to timothy.
Indian Agent Nj. c. Chesney, OF the
Cheyenne agency, has ordered all cat.
tlemen and cattle of the Cheyenne
Indian reserve, which extends on the
Sioux reservation from Cheyenne
agency to Fort Thompson. The &C
tion is in accordance with instruc,
tions received from the interior de.
partment at Washington.
At Pierre fire starting in a build,
ing owned by John Karcher OF Free.
port, Ill.,. spread to adjoining build
ings occupied by James Reeds butch.
er shop, NJ. j. Lacid's stationery
store, Dillon & Holmes law Office and
james l.. Brenk' law office. The kar.
cher brick block had narrow escape
b. N. Locke was badly burned about
the hands. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$1,000. Work will commence imme.
diately to rebuild with solid brick
blocks.
A heavy rainfall throughout the
Devils Lake region occurred recently,
thoroughly soaking the ground.
AT the anticoercion meeting at Wa,
tertown ringing speeches We're made
denouncing the action of England he.
gard;ng Ireland by Hon. T. V. Eddy,
| Col. Mark Sheafe, Gen. III. II. Pease,
ex-Mayor Mcintyre and Gov. Mellette.
Charles Hudson, single man living
ten miles north OF De Smet, attempted
suicide by shooting himselfin the mouth
with a gun. He cannot live.
1
AT u meeting OF representative citi'
zens OF Minot, it was decided to take
steps to organize q city under the re-
cent act of the legislature.
Gen. Hugh j. Campbell of Yankton
will deliver the Grand Army oration
ut Huron on Decoration day Five
hundred more patents were received
by the United States land office. A
home company has offered to build n
tow mill and have it in operation
next fall for bonus OF $1,000. The
proposition will be accepted.
AT Deadwood, Star WAS reelected
mayor for the fourth term by a ma
jority OF l27 over George Y. Ayers.
Both are prominent business men.
Chief engineer Mcdonald was elected
alderman in the Second ward in re-
markable and very exciting contest.
| A suicide was committed at Mandan
by NJ. j. Mahon, a restaurant keeper
| Mahon was an ex-alderman and had
been i'll town five years. ltis suppos-
ed that business reverses drove him
to the act. When found the body was
still warm, with revolver at the
side, with which he had shot himself
in the head.
The city council OF Huron has grant.
ed charter to Huron citizens for a
telephone exchange and voted to mum
| Der the houses at once, ce,preparatory to
putting in Tree delivery July !.
AT Bismarck; the saloon license has
been fixed at $500, strictly i'll advance,
and no license to issue to any saloon
now in arrears for license.
The f. B. Calland company's agcn-
cy OF Bismarck has written policies ia,
the insurance Of the territorial build
ings, covering the entire list OF public
institutions in the territory. The
amount insured exceeds $500, 900 aud
| is the largest insurance deal ever made
east OF Minneapolis.
The Cass County bank has been
organized at Casaelton With 3 eapital
stock of $4,000, ii. II. Paine oi
Manchester, N. H., formerly cashie,
OF the First National Bank OF Cassel.
ton, is president, Wallace Grovenet
wee president; Allen II Paine cashier
and r. NJ. Hollock secretary. The
bank was organized ander the new
| territ torial LAW -
Commander Harrison Allen, o.
the &, A. r., has appointed the
following staff: Col. S. II. Jumper
Aberdeen, A. A. G.; Col. C. IT. Mccoy.
Aberdeen, A. Q. NJ. G.; Col. John w
Gregg, Wahpeton, Inspector eeas.as
Col. NJ. w. Greene, Fargo, Judge aavo
cate general; Col. Robert u. Bennett
Beresford, chief mastering officer.
A resident Of Mcintosh county
found the corpse OF William MELON.
aid, the h inter. who. was lost in q
storm last December. portion o
| the body had been eaten by wolves .,
Others beasts, The pockets contain
ed a roll OF greenbanks and other valu
ubles.
i George j. Haakey. greeeE ut apA"'
Forks assigned to Ma2tieis'
| nf ST iu,,l 10 h.,b'- SenDuI'
.-nities unknown.
r.oject is on foot to build lin
of railroad from Ft. Dodge to siou:
Falls.
Bob Rowro, Ft. sully ambulanc
driver, decamped leaving numerou
creditors behind
Byron c. Moore, theleaaine saloon
keeper in Sioux Falls. was fined $40,
for running u Sunday saloon,
Treasurer Raymond has raised tn
question as to whether railroads wlic
extend their lines are to betaxed unde
the law as old or new roads; that is
whether line which has had 1Ot
miles OF road IN operation five year